87/ MEXICO: very poor ventilation in movie theater @Cinemex (Pabellón Cuauhtémoc)
2300 ppm CO2 = ~5% of air that people breathe is "second-hand air", that has been in someone else's lungs before
Without distance, eating/drinking (so no masks) etc.
88/ CANADA (BC @PHSAofBC): Top Public Health Official B. Henry in incredible collection of errors and denial of science during 2021
- denying obvious airborne
- denying that masks protect against aerosols
- denying school transmission
- so many more...
89/ MEXICO: (Guadalajara, @FILGuadalajara) cabins for spraying disinfectants on people before entering the Book Fair
For an airborne virus (who.int/news-room/ques…) that goes poorly, if at all, thru surfaces (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)
HT @miricaiba
90/ NETHERLANDS (Vaccination facility @MinVWS): unmasked staff (!!) for the airborne virus that spreads the fastest in history. Public in poorly sealing surgical and cloth masks.
HT @equibotanica
91/ SPAIN: National Public TV (@rtve, @OCRTVE; @PatrimNacional) shows Christmas Concert w/ useless transparent masks that do nothing to stop this AIRBORNE (who.int/news-room/ques…) virus!
Way to give the worst example to the population as omicron surges!
92/ CHINA: as part of the lockdown in Xi'an, massive disinfection of outdoors. Completely useless and polluting:
- COVID goes poorly if at all, thru surfaces (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)
- Transmission outdoors minimal, outdoor surfaces disinfected by sun
93/ NETHERLANDS (@Rinjstate hospital): forces visitors to replace highly protective FFP2 mask w/ FAR worse surgical mask
Justifies it w/ completely outdated & WRONG theory of droplet transmission. COVID is airborne, even @WHO has accepted: who.int/news-room/ques…
HT @_j3lena_
94/ USA (Florida, @RSWAirport)
Still clinging to totally outdated guidelines. Ad only mentions hand washing & disinfection, for virus that goes barely, if at all, through surfaces
No mention of N95 masks/ventilation, for airborne virus who.int/news-room/ques….
HT @CarlGranjero
95/ COLOMBIA (restaurant in Cartagena; @MinSaludCol; @AlcaldiaCTG):
Scientist colleague sends this picture of useless weird face shield (taken w/ consent of waitress). Apparently this is quite common there.
Colombia still in denial of #COVIDisAirborne, despite @WHO admits it
96/ USA (Colorado): meat packing industry does not supply N95 masks for a fast-spreading airborne virus (who.int/news-room/ques…) w/ known airborne outbreaks in meat packing (dx.doi.org/10.15252/emmm.…)
Reflects abject failures of @CDCgov & @OSHA_DOL
nytimes.com/2021/12/29/bus…
97/ POLAND (Warsaw, @FIDE_chess
World Rapid and Blitz Championships):
indoors, many without masks, or below nose, or poorly fitting surgical / cloth. NO MATCH for a fast-spreading airborne virus (who.int/news-room/ques…)
98/ IRELAND (Chief Medical Officer, @CMOIreland @roinnslainte)
First PH measure is handwashing when surface transmission is minor at best: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
No mention of masks, ventilation for AIRBORNE virus!! who.int/news-room/ques…
99/ US (Florida, Governor @GovRonDeSantis): speaking at a concert. His wife is battling breast cancer (as he mentions in his speech)
Cancer patients are generally immunosuppressed & prone to more serious COVID & death. She is NOT WEARING ANY MASK for an airborne virus!
100/ AUSTRALIA (Dr John Gerrard, @qldhealth Chief Health Officer) MISinforming
"If you are sitting in your desk in an office, you can take your mask off"
"If you are in meeting & you can distance > 1.5 m, you can take your mask off"
facebook.com/watch/live/?re…
HT @DamianTheAussie
100/ AUSTRALIA (Continued): The misinformation provided by Queensland Health @qldhealth is especially precious as Queensland is home to Professor Lidia Morawska, whose research and leadership (academic.oup.com/cid/article/71…) convinced @WHO that #COVIDisAirborne:
who.int/news-room/ques…
101/ POLAND (University of Poznań @UAM_Poznan): instructions for the library insist on hand hygiene, for a virus that goes barely, IF AT ALL, through surfaces (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)
But people can remove their masks when seated, for an airborne virus!
lib.amu.edu.pl/using-universi…
102/ NETHERLANDS (Dept. of Motor Vehicles
@CBRnl)
Promotion of driving license exams with Dutch celebrities, wearing ridiculously unprotective face shields for an AIRBORNE virus (who.int/news-room/ques…):
[Netherlands competing for TOP in Hall of Shame]
103/ US @CDCgov has yet to find ANY excuse for NOT recommending #N95ForAll that it doesn't like
- Only HCWs need them
- There are shortages (untrue)
- People too dumb to fit them
- Too uncomfortable
6abc.com/n95-mask-cdc-r…
For the fastest transmitting AIRBORNE virus ever!
104/ GERMANY (many states): Bus & Taxi drivers not required to wear masks at work, exposing themselves & passengers
For fastest transmitting AIRBORNE virus (who.int/news-room/ques…) known to humankind!
Despite @c_drosten explaining airborne for 2 yrs
bussgeldkatalog.org/ausnahmen-mask…
105/ CANADA (@CDCofBC): Health Care Workers want to volunteer to provide boosters. But they are afraid of getting infected, they want to wear N95
Manufacturer offers to donate N95s, @CDCofBC REFUSES TO ALLOW IT, slowing booster campaign! This is LUNACY
bc.ctvnews.ca/burnaby-based-…
@CDCofBC 106/ NETHERLANDS (Health Minister @hugodejonge @MinVWS): keeps tweeting videos & pics promoting vax
Many on the pics:
- No mask
- Mask below nose
- Leaky surgical masks
- Few FFP2, none from personnel
107/ SPAIN (Ministry of Health @sanidadgob):
For AIRBORNE virus, ZERO demonstrated cases of surface transmission. @CDCgov 1.5 yrs: transmits, BARELY, IF AT ALL, THROUGH SURFACES...
AGAIN push MISINFORMATION that washing hands important for this virus!
108/ SWEDEN 🇸🇪 (@Folkhalsomynd): posters everywhere Jan. 2022: "The most common spread of infection occurs via our hands"
For AIRBORNE virus: who.int/news-room/ques…
ZERO proven cases of hand transmission; we know VERY unlikely: cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
109/ USA (North Carolina @ncdhhs): misinforming public about N95 masks
- Not recommending N95 for fastest transmitting AIRBORNE virus know to humankind
- Suggests N95 shortage, when @AMMAunited has millions of N95 it can't sell(ammaunited.org/post/one-year-…)
covid19.ncdhhs.gov/information/in…
110/ BOLIVIA (#Cochabamba @gam_cochabamba): medidas incluye desinfección (para virus q NO va por superficies).
NO menciona mascarillas de calidad, ventilación, o filtración
Para un virus de transmisión muy rápida por el aire, como reconoce la OMS @WHO
111/ SWEDEN 🇸🇪: Minister of Social Insurance (@socialdep) at retirement home, w/ visor, no mask
For AIRBORNE virus (who.int/news-room/ques…) transmitted by aerosols. Face shields protect 2% against aerosols! (tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…)
#COVIDHallofShame
112/ SPAIN 🇪🇸 (city of Alicante):
The City will disinfect the streets before the Wise Kings Parade!
For a virus that goes barely, if at all, through surfaces (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…), and transmits mostly indoors (at least 20 times more than outdoors
113/ USA 🇺🇸: @CDCgov reaching total absurdity:
- recommends respirators (e.g. N95) to protect against inhalation of smoke aerosols
- Does NOT recommend respirators to protect against main transmission of COVID-19, inhalation of respiratory aerosols!!
114/ USA 🇺🇸(RI): e.g. persistence of misinformation about #COVIDisAirborne, bc VERY poor job @CDCgov @WHO have done to explain it clearly
Elderly neighbor, gets COVID, asks neighbors to visit elder relatives & disinfect surfaces (risking infecting them!)
115/ @WHO: Even @WHO has quietly admitted #COVIDisAirborne and no longer says droplets are dominant, their behavior at in-person press conferences, where none of the participants wear masks, belies their acknowledgement that it's airborne
Set an example!
116/ PHILIPPINES🇵🇭: extensive use of lateral plexiglas (perspex) barriers in schools. They INCREASE transmission (@ScienceMagazine, science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…). Trap virus-laden air & make ventilation more difficult.
@DOHgovph stuck on droplets, doesn't understand #COVIDisAirborne
117S/MÉXICO🇲🇽: stronger denial of dominant AIRBORNE transmission, still emphasizing surfaces by @lopezobrador_ & @HLGatell
Spraying ppl w/ disinfectants, disinfect under shoes... despite 0 proven cases of surface transmission (cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)
118S/MÉXICO🇲🇽:(Sinaloa @sinaloagobmx): spraying disinfectants into the air in empty conference rooms.
Absurd waste of resources and disinfection theater, disinfectants can be toxic to people entering rooms later. Unclear what goal is?
#COVIDHallofShame
119S/ PHILIPPINES🇵🇭: strange barriers in motorcycles to avoid transmission among riders. But limited trans. outdoors (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33249484/), mostly talking face-toface, nearly impossible when moving, esp. mask & helmet
[I am told this is still in use]
newsinfo.inquirer.net/1318095/ano-st…
120S/CANADA🇨🇦(BC School Board Trustee)
Spreading misinformation about usefulness of filtering in classrooms. Mechanical Vent + MERV13 is useful, but almost always not enough. HEPA or #corsirosenthalbox would help A LOT, esp. w/ omicron
#COVIDHallofShame
121S/ NETHERLANDS🇳🇱 (Government @Rijksoverheid):
Absurd advice on schools:
- importance of ventilation unclear (AIRBORNE virus who.int/news-room/ques…)
- Handwashing & disinfection MORE important (0 proven cases surface trans. cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…)
rijksoverheid.nl/onderwerpen/co…
122/CANADA🇨🇦: (Dr. Deena Hinshaw @CMOH_Alberta):
States that there is "no conclusive evidence" that N95 masks are better than surgical masks. For the fastest transmitting AIRBORNE virus (who.int/news-room/ques…) ever! Ignores science.
#COVIDHallofShame
123/ MEXICO🇲🇽(@GobiernoMX): ABSURD ad about COVID transmission:
- virus infects people outdoors, far away from others
- Only recommendation is to eat healthy foods
- from govt. that continues to DENY airborne transmission
#COVIDHallofShame
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